II World Cup of Masters

The fifth edition of the World Cup of Masters was held jointly in Austria and Italy. It was played in July 1993. This time the edition was expanded to eight "Masters" teams, each playing in two groups of fours with the group winners facing each other in the final. The teams were reigning champions Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands, hosts Italy and Austria (playing in their first tournament) Germany, Uruguay and England. The event was won by hosts Italy, winning their only title in the event.^[1]

1993 World Cup of Masters

Pele Cup '93
Tournament details
Host country	Austria Italy
Dates	2–11 July (10 days)
Teams	8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runners-up	Austria
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	49 (3.06 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Walter Schachner (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Franco Causio
← 1991 1995 →

Squads

For the list of the squads, see 1993 Copa Pelé squads.

Group A

Group A was held in Trieste, Italy.

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Brazil	1–1	Netherlands
Wladimir		René van de Kerkhof

2 July 1993

Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy

England	0–1	Italy

Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy

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Brazil	0–0	England

4 July 1993

Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy

Netherlands	2–3	Italy

Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy

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Brazil	1–0	Italy
Claudio Gentile 35' o.g.

6 July 1993

Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy

Netherlands	2–3	England
Mühren 22 ' Schoenaker 45'		Blissett 41 ' 85 ' Worthington 82'

Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste, Italy

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Italy	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	4
Brazil	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	4
England	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	3
Netherlands	3	0	1	2	5	7	-2	1

Group B

Group B was held in Klagenfurt, Austria.

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Austria	1–1	Argentina
Schachner 51 '		Brailovsky 41 '

3 July 1993

Wörtherseestadion, Klagenfurt

Germany	2–0	Uruguay

Wörtherseestadion, Klagenfurt

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Austria	4–2	Germany
Schachner 27 ', 87' Krankl 29 (p)' Dihanich 80'		Răducanu 17' Kelsch 22'

5 July 1993

Wörtherseestadion, Klagenfurt

Uruguay	1–0	Argentina

Wörtherseestadion, Klagenfurt

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Germany	5–2	Argentina
Kutzop 16 (p) ' Allofs 35 ', 41' Förster 80 ' Kaminke 89 '		Commelles 40 ' Kempes 87 '

7 July 1993

Wörtherseestadion, Klagenfurt

Austria	6–2	Uruguay
Kreuz 7 ' Prohaska 20' Schachner 26 ' 33 ' Baumeister 45' Hintermaier 37'		Naidenov 30' Yeladian 64'

Wörtherseestadion, Klagenfurt

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Austria	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	5
Germany	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	4
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	3	8	-5	2
Argentina	3	0	1	2	3	7	-4	1

Semi-finals

Austria	3–1	Brazil
Schachner		Serginho

9 July 1993

Wörtherseestadion, Klagenfurt

Italy	2–1	Germany
Rossi Dossena		Rummenigge

9 July 1993

Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste

Third Place Play Off

Brazil	–	Germany

11 July 1993

Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste

Brazil refused to play in the third place play off, disputing the matter in which they failed to qualify for the final.

Final

Italy	2-0	Austria
Sara (o.g.) Causio 87 )p)'

11 July 1993

21:00 CEST

Stadio Nereo Rocco, Trieste

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Darko Jamšek (Slovenia)

Italy

Austria

GK 1 Ivano Bordon DF 6 Claudio Gentile DF 4 Antonio Cabrini DF 6 Paolo Beruatto MF 11 Giampiero Marini MF 16 Bruno Conti (c) MF 10 Giuseppe Dossena MF 15 Franco Causio  89' FW 19 Francesco Graziani  7' FW 20 Paolo Rossi FW 18 Alessandro Altobelli  7'  89' Substitutions: MF 13 Gabriele Oriali Manager: Enzo Bearzot

GK 1 Klaus Lindenberger DF 15 Reinhold Hintermaier DF 20 Josef Sara DF 4 Dieter Mirnegg DF 5 Robert Sara MF 6 Wilhelm Kreuz  61'  62' MF 3 Herbert Prohaska MF 2 Ernst Baumeister FW 11 Johann Dihanich (c)  70' FW 7 Walter Schachner FW 8 Hans Krankl Substitutions: DF 12 Bruno Pezzey MF 10 Hansi Müller  70' FW 9 Kurt Welzl  62' Manager: Franz Hasil

Goal scorers

8 goals

• Walter Schachner

3 goals

• Franco Causio

Champion

World Cup of Masters Champions: Italy First title